Osmotic properties of stallion sperm subpopulations determined by simultaneous assessment of cell volume and viability

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 386-391

  Oldenhof, Harriëtte ^a   Blässe, Anne Kathrin ^a   Wolkers, Willem F ^b   Bollwein, Heinrich ^a   Sieme, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell volume; Cryopreservation; Membrane integrity; Osmotic tolerance limits; Stallion spermatozoa; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE; MALE; OSMOLARITY; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HORSES; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; PROPIDIUM; SPERMATOZOA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79958828685     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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